<< barberries, dried of course, to make into a wonderful Persian rice dish with chicken, almonds and pistachios. >> Abali--I'll look for it, and these barberries. I must have this recipe. Is it in the Mediterranean cookbook you mentioned? My mom has ordered and I have as well. Jack (on Tomato Fanatics) was telling me his mother and he make their own yogurt. <<My mom makes excellent yogurt. After lots of searching she found that if she starts with Pavel's Yogurt culture and uses Trader Joe's organic whole milk, she gets excellent yogurt. Of course, once you start a culture you don't have to keep buying Pavel's yogurt. Just save some of the last yogurt batch to make the new one. And the Labni derived from this yogurt is the best I've ever tasted.>> Mary-Anne "It is never too late to be what you might have been" - George Eliot (1819 -1880)